ameba
/əˈmiːbə/noun
ameba is spelled A-M-E-B-A: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ameba means “Alternative spelling of amoeba” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ameba is amebas or amebae.
How many letters and syllables are in ameba?
| Letters | 5: A-M-E-B-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 155,937th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is ameba?
Ameba appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ameba?
- /əˈmiːbə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-amoeba.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ameba?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ameba.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: abeam.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of ameba
- amebas plural
- amebae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ameba mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USAlternative spelling of amoeba.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).